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Leah Rebecca

@leahrebecca.bsky.social

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Surrey redhead - not in Surrey. Mostly harmless. A bit mad / goth / random - nice anyway. Confirmed petrolhead and motorsports fan. Creator of #MiniMonday and car #Caturday Partial to Tea, Gin, Hifi, and Sci-fi 🇬🇧

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Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · Dec 21

The Vulcan
The bomber which flew like a fighter

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Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 54m

Yep, it's not very accurate but, to be fair to Corgi, it's more of a toy than a miniature. The entire nose section is made of deformable soft rubber, so that kids can't stab their pet cat with it 😉

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Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 8h

The Taito Thunderbird 3 is, surely, the largest :miniature available today. It is extremely accurate to the filming prop. Typeface, detailing, colour - all absolutely spot on - as is the smaller Konami ❣️
The Corgi, on the left, however... not so much 🤔

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Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 9h

Pic 1 Konami TB3
Pic 2 Taito TB3
Pic 3 Corgi TB3, Taito TB3, Konami TB3 😎

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Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 9h

It's rather FAB

Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 9h

The Taito is beautifully detailed and finished...

Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 9h

And here is my beautifully detailed Konami TB3, in front of the box containing the new, beautifully detailed, and mahoosive Taito 'Super Mechanics' TB3.
It's a bit bigger than I anticipated 😳

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Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 9h

There has been a special delivery 😎
For illustration purposes, here is my beautifully detailed Konami TB3...

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Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 2d

Didn't science prove that bumblebees can't fly..? 🤔😉

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Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 2d

'Let's have some music in here, Boiler...' 😎

Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 2d

Looks lush 👌

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Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 2d

USS Darkstar? 🤔

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Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 2d

... as you can see.
How on earth do they get so much detail on something so diminutive? 🤔

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Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 2d

Introducing the Aoshima 'Mini' series die-cast Thunderbird 1
And it's a cracker ❣️

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Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 3d

That's even better 😎👌👍🖖❣️

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Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 3d

Tempest is a great name 😎
Typhoon, next? 🤔

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Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 3d

I seem to have several, but thank you, chick 😎😉

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Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 4d

For a long long time now, I've been after an illuminated 'Big D'
And finally, one is on her way... 🖖

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Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 4d

Not my bag, sorry.

Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 4d

Nope. She's a one-off, fan built, 3D printed leviathan. Printed on a very very expensive printer, which is usually busy making parts for yachts for the super rich. At six feet long, she's three times the size of the filming props.

Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 4d

I see your TB2 and raise you... 😉

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Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you 😎👍
My televisual childhood in a cabinet 😉

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Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 5d

I've rearranged the top shelf completely, to accommodate the new addition of the second Aoshima Thunderbird 1
Yes, it needs a good dusting, but is now far less chaotic 😎

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Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 5d

Righto - that's the Halloween prep done...

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Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 5d

It's also now accurate to the actual filming prop

Leah Rebecca @leahrebecca.bsky.social · 5d

For those confused about the undercarriage flap positioning - to the right of the flap, in orange, is how it's fitted, and to the left, in green, how I should have fitted it.
And, indeed, now have 😎👍